Someone asked me if I could do an English Rib stitch tutorial, and when doing some research, darn if I didn’t realize it is the exact same stitch as Brioche. Google tells me the two names are regional – US knitters tend to say English Rib and Europeans lean towards Brioche but I am from the US and I have always called it Brioche. In any case, here is a luscious scarf in the stitch, no matter what you call it!
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Finished Size: Well this stitch measures like silly putty! 8-ish” wide x 60″ long more or less and I did not use all of the second skein. I think you could go to 80 or so inches with two full skeins of the yarn used.
Materials:
Approximately 500 yds worsted weight yarn (CYCA 4, Medium) Model shown in Loops & Threads Facets (100% acrylic; 100g; 279 yds) in color Dark Ocean
Knitting needles size 7/4.5mm or size needed to obtain a pleasing fabric – gauge is not critical for this pattern.
Abbreviations:
K – knit
P – purl
Rep – repeat
WYIF – with yarn in front
Yo – yarn over – for this stitch pattern let the yarn over rest on top of the slipped stitch
NOTES:
As I so often do I put a garter stitch border on this scarf but I want to be 100% honest, I don’t love it. The row gauge for English Rib/Brioche and garter stitch are different so I feel like the side borders ruffled a teeny tiny bit, and honestly the scarf doesn’t really need a side border because it creates a neat side edge on both sides. I am writing the pattern with the garter stitch border in it to match the photos but I think it would be fair play to just not do it at all.
No matter what you call this stitch, after the first pattern row, if you are knitting you are always knitting the stitch with its companion yarn over (excluding the border stitches if you use them). I hesitate to call this a k2tog though because it isn’t really a yarn over in the sense of adding a new stitch. In Brioche we would call that a BRK for Brioche Knit (often said as BARK) but English Rib terminology does not use that word. Just remember that the purl stitches you slip always stand alone before they are slipped, and the knit stitches (again excluding the border) are always knit together with a companion.
Scarf:
Cast on 34 sts.
First Border:
Knit 6 rows for 3 garter stitch ridges.
Pattern:
Please read the Notes even if you don’t usually 🙂
Row 1: K3, *wyif sl1 purlwise, yo, k1. Rep from * across, k3.
Row 2: K3, *wyif sl1 purlwise, yo, k1 with its companion yarn over (or BRK). Rep from * across, k3.
Rep Row 2 for pattern to desired length.
Second Border:
Knit 6 rows for 3 garter st ridges.
Bind off knitwise.
Weave in all ends.
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